Official UK procurement notice
Queen's Baton Relay Activation for Australia
Authority: WEST MIDLANDS GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis procurement is required as part of Level 1 milestone activity to celebrate the arrival of the Queens Baton Relay (QBR) in Australia and leverage the spotlight on Commonwealth Games and the BATP is intending to host a digital showcase event in Sydney on 18th March 2022 to key travel industry, media, business professionals and government stakeholders to increase awareness and change perceptions of the West Midlands.
CPV: Event services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1It is the intention of WMGC Ltd and VisitBritain (VB) to jointly direct award contract…Awarded
It is the intention of WMGC Ltd and VisitBritain (VB) to jointly direct award contract for QBR Australia Activation Baton Relay to Imagination Group Limited due to favorable terms of their proposal which meets the requirements of the brief. The comparative advantages of the successful tenderer's submission relative to the unsuccessful submissions during soft market testing are based on stress tested plan and concept to which the proposal by Imagination Group Limited qualified to be considered under (Single Tender Action STA) for exceptional circumstance procurement or direct award.
It is government policy to acquire all goods and services in the public sector through competition to ensure that Value for Money (VFM) is achieved. A single tender will only be progressed in exceptional circumstances. It is still necessary to ensure this meets the business needs, provides value for money and is in compliance with the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (PCR2015). An STA may only be authorised, if it can be proven that the benefits outweigh the risk. Where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons:
- Competition is absent for technical reasons
- The protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights, this only applies where no reasonable alternative or where no substitute exists and the absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement
- Insofar as is strictly necessary where, for reasons of extreme agency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting authority, the time limits for the open or restricted procedures or competitive procedures with negotiation cannot be complied with. Additional information: The current contract is awarded after market testing the opportunity with Australian Providers and the three providers that responded to the call for competition were identified not to be suitable due to reasons of their proposals not presenting feasibility outcomes and had not been stress tested. In the event of this contract requiring any variation, this will be done inline with Principle of Transparency Code applying limits set in Regulation 72 regardless of the monetary value. To qualify for an uplift using Reg.72 the event must be unforeseeable which has led to the scope increase.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 15 Feb 2022, 14:41 GMT
- Last source update
- 15 Feb 2022, 14:41 GMT
- Authority reference
2021-WMGC-0120- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-004294- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-031762Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to restricted procedure; The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
It is the intention of WMGC Ltd and VisitBritain (VB) to jointly direct award contract for QBR Australia Activation Baton Relay to Imagination Group Limited to due favourable Terms proposal which meets the requirements of the brief. The comparative advantages of the successful tenderer's submission relative to the unsuccessful submissions during soft market testing are based on stress tested plan and concept to which the proposal by Imagination Group Limited qualified to be considered under (Single Tender Action STA) for exceptional circumstance procurement or direct award.
It is government policy to acquire all goods and services in the public sector through competition to ensure that Value for Money (VFM) is achieved. A single tender will only be progressed in exceptional circumstances. It is still necessary to ensure this meets the business needs, provides value for money and is in compliance with the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (PCR2015). An STA may only be authorised if it can be proven that the benefits outweigh the risk.
Publisher note: Whilst the contract is being awarded as below threshold at £36,491.80 , any variations to this amount will be in with Regulation 72 for any uplift or variation irregardless of value.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imagination Group LimitedSME | £36,492 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Queen's Baton Relay Activation for Australia · Imagination Group LimitedSME
- Signed
- 8 Feb 2022
- Value
- £36,492
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Commercial Working GroupReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Imagination Group LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.